The Baldest Truth

If you were known for only one thing in your entire life, how would you like that one thing to be this: You were bullied by somebody famou...

In 1987, the year the NFL played with replacement players, I called Vikings GM Mike Lynn to get his opinion on something. (I was the AP sp...

I've witnessed many chokers over the years. Now I know how the Cubs -- and the rest of them -- felt. My softball team, the Blue Thun...

^ Aside from the obvious -- my kids and my close friends -- the thing I miss the most about Chicago is baseball. When I came to that real...

^ Why haven't I been posting lately? Two reasons: 1. Eye-eye-eye, have eye had problems! I developed what the doctor termed an ...

^ My single favorite things about sports (or "sport," as  Mitt Romney  likes to say) is that we just don't know what will ha...

^ 5. Four teams? Please. The college football playoff needed to accommodate at least eight teams to make it a true national tournament -...

^ 5. OK, so Roger Clemens is officially "innocent." Can we please start spending tax dollars on something that actually matters...

^ It's a big year for personal anniversaries ... 50 YEARS AGO I first cultivated my sense of adventure ... as captured in this Aug....

^ I guess what the mystics have said for eons is true: You can take the bald dude out of Chicago, but you can't take Chicago completely...